Acute and chronic toxicity of nickel to marine organisms: Implications for water quality criteria

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2423-2430

  Hunt, John W ^a   Anderson, Brian S ^b   Phillips, Bryn M ^a   Tjeerdema, Ron S ^a   Puckett, H Max ^a   Stephenson, Mark ^a   Tucker, David W ^a   Watson, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute to chronic ratio; Atherinops affinis; Haliotis rufescens; Mysidopsis intii; Nickel

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LD 50; MOLLUSC; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; ACUTE TOXICITY; CALCULATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LC 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CRUSTACEA; FISHES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOLLUSCA; NICKEL; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BIODIVERSITY; NICKEL; WATER QUALITY;

FRESHWATER ORGANISMS;

TOXICITY;

MARINE POLLUTION; NICKEL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

HALIOTIS RUFESCENS; MYSIDOPSIS INTII;

EID: 0036827110     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620211122     Document Type: Article

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